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SUBMITTER: Bengtson AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6423517 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bengtson Angela M AM Pence Brian W BW Powers Kimberly A KA Weaver Mark A MA Mimiaga Matthew J MJ Gaynes Bradley N BN O'Cleirigh Conall C Christopoulos Katerina K Christopher Mathews W W Crane Heidi H Mugavero Michael M
AIDS and behavior 20181001 10
Depressive symptoms vary in severity and chronicity. We used group-based trajectory models to describe trajectories of depressive symptoms (measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and predictors of trajectory group membership among 1493 HIV-infected men (84%) and 292 HIV-infected women (16%). At baseline, 29% of women and 26% of men had depressive symptoms. Over a median of 30 months of follow-up, we identified four depressive symptom trajectories for women (labeled "low" [experienced ...[more]